loafer89
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Area Skied: Belleayre Mountain
Date Skied: April 1st, 2006 from 9:30am - 2:00pm
Surface conditions: machine groomed, spring conditions, icy spots, bare spots.
I got a late start up to Belleayre this morning after spending about 1/2 hour watching the weather and deciding if I should make the trip up or night. Hindsight being 20/20, I should have stayed in bed.
Warren and I arrived at Belleayre at 9:15am and we bought tickets and started our day at the Tomahawk Quad. I asked the parking lot attendant if he thought Belleayre would make it until April 16th, and he said "I hope not there is very little snow left and it's time to start using the lawn tractor" :blink: :uzi: The weather when we arrived was a mix of clouds and sun with the temp at 62F, but it always looked like the heavens might open up with a downpour at any moment. Our first run was down Seneca, Warren did the lower part while I skied the moguls on the upper part, which where on the stiff side.
Our next run was down Dot Nebel, which had the best snow on the mountain IMO, and Warren and I flew down it's nice corn snow surface. We did Deer Run next and Warren dipped into some tree's at the edges of the trail. The trail had alot of exposed ice and strange mulitcolored snow in spots. Having gotten in three runs and knowing that rain was imminent at any moment, we took a run down Algonquin which had a large bare spot right in the middle of the trail, with alot of exposed surface ice surrounding it. Warren tried his best to get around it, but took a fall and slide down quite a bit of the trail, I helped him up and all was well
We continued down a nicely groomed and virtually untouched Lower Yahoo to the Superchief Quad.
The run down to the quad was filled with deep 6" + water holes and slushy areas, and not all that fun to ski. We took Wanatuska down to the moguls on Lower Onteora, which with it's blue rated pitch is just right for Warren to practice mogul skiing. Just as we where about 3/4 of the way down the trail, it started to POUR rain, moonsoon style. We made it into the lodge, soaking wet and stayed there for lunch until it stopped raining at about 1:00pm.
After the rain had stopped, Warren and I skied down Mohawk and the snow was 100% different than before the rain, it was now very hard and almost unskiable. As we where skiing past the Area 51 Terrain Park, I hit a rock with my ski and before I knew what had happened I skied into a tree head first. Thankfully my ski tips hit the tree first, but I still hit it with my head when I fell forward and bruised the area behind my right ear very badly. I took me about 2-3 minutes for the world to stop spining, but thankfully I realized that I was okay, much to Warren's relief.
We made our way back to the Tomahawk Quad and skied two more runs. Warren skied alone down Deer Run, while I skied down Onteora, which had solid as a rock bumps. I skied past the area that I had fallen on, and it turns out that I hit and unburied a rock abour 6" x 6" x 3", no wonder that I fell. I have decided that from now on I will not be skiing without a helmet, as I really could have been severely injured.
I took one last run down Seneca top to bottom, but the snow was really hard, and the trails where deserted. I am now home nursing a somewhat bad headache from where I hit my head. Overall it was a good day, but we should have quit after the rain started.
Dot Nebel:
Spring Conditions???:
Superslush at the Superchief Quad:
Upper Seneca:
Belleayre:
Date Skied: April 1st, 2006 from 9:30am - 2:00pm
Surface conditions: machine groomed, spring conditions, icy spots, bare spots.
I got a late start up to Belleayre this morning after spending about 1/2 hour watching the weather and deciding if I should make the trip up or night. Hindsight being 20/20, I should have stayed in bed.
Warren and I arrived at Belleayre at 9:15am and we bought tickets and started our day at the Tomahawk Quad. I asked the parking lot attendant if he thought Belleayre would make it until April 16th, and he said "I hope not there is very little snow left and it's time to start using the lawn tractor" :blink: :uzi: The weather when we arrived was a mix of clouds and sun with the temp at 62F, but it always looked like the heavens might open up with a downpour at any moment. Our first run was down Seneca, Warren did the lower part while I skied the moguls on the upper part, which where on the stiff side.
Our next run was down Dot Nebel, which had the best snow on the mountain IMO, and Warren and I flew down it's nice corn snow surface. We did Deer Run next and Warren dipped into some tree's at the edges of the trail. The trail had alot of exposed ice and strange mulitcolored snow in spots. Having gotten in three runs and knowing that rain was imminent at any moment, we took a run down Algonquin which had a large bare spot right in the middle of the trail, with alot of exposed surface ice surrounding it. Warren tried his best to get around it, but took a fall and slide down quite a bit of the trail, I helped him up and all was well
We continued down a nicely groomed and virtually untouched Lower Yahoo to the Superchief Quad.The run down to the quad was filled with deep 6" + water holes and slushy areas, and not all that fun to ski. We took Wanatuska down to the moguls on Lower Onteora, which with it's blue rated pitch is just right for Warren to practice mogul skiing. Just as we where about 3/4 of the way down the trail, it started to POUR rain, moonsoon style. We made it into the lodge, soaking wet and stayed there for lunch until it stopped raining at about 1:00pm.
After the rain had stopped, Warren and I skied down Mohawk and the snow was 100% different than before the rain, it was now very hard and almost unskiable. As we where skiing past the Area 51 Terrain Park, I hit a rock with my ski and before I knew what had happened I skied into a tree head first. Thankfully my ski tips hit the tree first, but I still hit it with my head when I fell forward and bruised the area behind my right ear very badly. I took me about 2-3 minutes for the world to stop spining, but thankfully I realized that I was okay, much to Warren's relief.
We made our way back to the Tomahawk Quad and skied two more runs. Warren skied alone down Deer Run, while I skied down Onteora, which had solid as a rock bumps. I skied past the area that I had fallen on, and it turns out that I hit and unburied a rock abour 6" x 6" x 3", no wonder that I fell. I have decided that from now on I will not be skiing without a helmet, as I really could have been severely injured.
I took one last run down Seneca top to bottom, but the snow was really hard, and the trails where deserted. I am now home nursing a somewhat bad headache from where I hit my head. Overall it was a good day, but we should have quit after the rain started.
Dot Nebel:
Spring Conditions???:
Superslush at the Superchief Quad:
Upper Seneca:
Belleayre:
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